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The Most Underrated Skill in Content Marketing? Fact-Checking

Contently - Strategy

When it comes to freelance content marketing , however, the parameters are often less clear. Fact-checking for my content marketing stories is just as essential as it is for my editorial work,” said Anna Dimond , a journalist, content creator, and producer. Why accuracy in content marketing is important.

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2016 – A Year in Traditional Media

Shift Communications

PR people often talk about ideas to make news go viral, but there is no way to predict or plan for when something will be a hit. After an aggressive media relations push, we began to pick up traction in the local market. Client: Print Syndicate. Online, print, broadcast – it all still matters. Client: McDonald’s.

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Top nine PR crises so far for 2019

Prohibition

Some of these came to light by members of the public calling brands out on social media for their slip-ups and others were campaigns by PR and marketing teams that simply did not turn out as planned. We’re halfway through 2019 and a handful of crises have already occurred. Let’s take a look at the top nine crises of 2019 so far.

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4 MARKETING SECRETS FOR VIRAL GUINNESS WORLD RECORD EVENTS

MaccaPR

Chief marketing officers are in love with the idea of breaking a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® event record and having their brands bask in the seemingly viral eruption of TV, radio, print and online buzz that comes from that honor. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Secret #2: Cause Marketing. million worth of media coverage.

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How to Build Brand Awareness & Thought Leadership

Contently - Strategy

How Dubin pulled it off is the stuff of marketing legend. His company, Dollar Shave Club, rose from obscurity in 2012 after he created a YouTube video called “Our Blades Are F ing Great.” Brands love to talk about going viral; Dubin actually did it. Content marketers in all industries can learn from these examples.

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4 Examples of Fair Use Debates in the Digital World

Cision

Forty-five percent of executives think it’s okay to share other brands’ information as either digital or print paid content. After he sent a takedown notice, the website took down the photo and updated its post, however, the photographer alleges the photo had already spread virally to other websites without proper attribution.

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Marketing as a Bona Fide Profit Center

Sword and the Script

The party room is pure marketing – of the genius variety – both because it ignites word-of-mouth and because it pays for itself. Self-Propelled Marketing. Marketing as a Profit Center. Rainbow Play Systems isn’t the only type of business to make money from its marketing, thought it does take a special breed of business.

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